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Industrial espionage or corporate espionage is espionage conducted for commercial purposes instead of national security purposes.

The term is distinct from legal and ethical activities such as examining corporate publications, websites, patent filings, and the like to determine the activities of a corporation (this is normally referred to as competitive intelligence). Theoretically the difference between espionage and legal information gathering is clear. In practice, it is quite difficult to sometimes tell the difference between legal and illegal methods. Especially if one starts to consider the ethical side of information gathering, the border becomes even more blurred and elusive of definition.

Industrial espionage describes activities such as theft of trade secrets, bribery, blackmail, and technological surveillance. As well as spying on commercial organizations, governments can also be targets of commercial espionage—for example, to determine the terms of a tender for a government contract so that another tenderer can underbid.

Industrial espionage is most commonly associated with technology-heavy industries, particularly the computer and automobile sectors.

Espionage takes place in many forms. In short, the purpose of espionage is to gather knowledge about (an) organization(s). A spy may be hired, or may work for oneself.

 

 

Phone Taps

The Phone Tap is also referred to as a phone wiretap or telephone wiretap. There many types of the Phone Tap manufactured. The series phone tap is connected to one side of the telephone line is mostly commonly used for wiretaps which have a built in radio transmitter. The series wiretap uses the telephone line's off-hook current to power the radio transmitter. The series phone tap can be easily detected by the phone company or a trained TSCM professional if they can compare the telephone line's current to other nearby telephone lines.

The parallel wiretap is the other most common phone tap. This phone tap is connected to both sides of the telephone line and is electronically isolated from the line in order to avoid detection and telephone line operational problems. Most parallel phone tap are sold at electronic stores such as Radio Shack so that you can record your own telephone conversations. The professional parallel phone tap may be manufactured with a built-in radio transmitter. The transmitter is typically powered by an external power source such as a battery.

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